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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1997
Page
3
A truck laden with 2,400 pounds of potting soil toppled a pallet as a curve was taken. The dirt slid through the windshield of a pickup and pinned Floyd Thomas Barker, 25, of Mineral Wells, beneath 60 bags of dirt. No charges were filed against the truck driver.
Massachusetts launches 30 second anti tobacco messages before movies becoming the first state to carry anti smoking campaign to cinema. A Marlboro Man spoof shows a cowboy lighting a cigarette and burning himself. The four month effort began two months ago costing 45000 dollars funded by a 25 cent cigarette tax increase.
A 1960s case details a National Security Agency employee at Fort Meade accused of espionage. The report notes the suspect, identified as Joan, faced charges tied to suspected spying during her tenure in the agency’s Fort Meade mailroom.
Washington reports reveal the CIA weighed killing Guatemalan leaders during the 1950s reviewing a target list of 58 and training gunmen, though no killings occurred. The release of 1,400 pages details covert actions that helped topple President Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 and notes discussions involved senior officials and State Department figures.
Richard DeVos and his wife Helen gave $1 million to the Republican Party on April 2 from personal accounts. DeVos, awaiting a heart transplant abroad, was urged by party leaders to help reduce last year’s election debts. The soft money scheme allows unlimited party donations to fund political activities, not direct candidate support.
The Citadel unveils a 52 point plan costing about 4.5 million over three years to recruit more women. The plan adds adult supervisors, hires a woman as assistant commandant, and creates a cadet bill of rights as interim President Clifton Poole pushes culture change. The college, which ended an all male policy after a court fight, expects 27 more women this year and aims for 5 percent female cadets within two years of a 1,700 cadet corps.
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